Bebepod

We bought Ellie another new thing: a shiny, soft, watermelon red Bebe pod. She loved it so much that she insisted on sitting in it the all night, played with the rattle that sit on the top of the table incessantly. Way past bedtime and there was no sign of sleepiness.

My parents did another 3 hours of Skye with Ellie, they got so good at baby sitting over the Internet that I could even go downstairs to cook a quick meal.

Today is cloudy and rainy, we stayed at home mostly and played with Ellie. Rolling over is so easy for her that she doesn't even bother to grunt about it. She just raise her hip, pull her hands forward and tilt, and there she goes. Dan and I think she will be crawling soon.

Skpe

My mom and dad got the skpe up and running last night, we successfully connected and Ellie was the movie star the whole time. She was fascinated by the screens and all the talking and movements. We showed mom and dad Ellie's newly decorated nursery, her new mobile, and shelf and the little table and chair set. Grandparents even bought a little bed set for the baby doll, Ellie will soon enjoy the little doll's company. I saw Guanwen on the video too, she is 14 now and talk and skinny, short hair and glasses. She looks very much like my big sis, she was translating for my parents what Dan was saying. Very helpful. Dan has a great idea, in the future, we will just stick the videocam in Ellie's room and my parents can see her any time they want, and can even talk Chinese to her however they want, free Chinese lessons over the Internet, now that's priceless. Beats the $250K telepresence.

We went out to the newly opened restaurant Villa 08 for lunch today. Had full load of crayfish, lobster, Atlantic oyster, crab, tuna sashimi, frog legs, and many kinds of dessert. Had to take a big nap afterwards.